Kobo show wrong numbers of books in shelves/collection

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by jiembe

After some research I arrived at that conclusion (which wasn't evident for me: automatic is at the beginning manual !)

As I understand I could create a column, populate it with my own collection's names and then tell Calibre that #column is the collection link. Is it correct? What stop me now is creating a new column change the modify date of all books which is a problem since I'm using that date to follow through some reediting (as my css/html comprehension increase).

You can use any column you want to create the collection, though some might not make sense (such as title or modified). Some people find "tags" to be useful, but, I don't as I would end up with to many collections to be useful.

Unfortunately, creating a new column does change the modified date. It's something I don't agree with, but, is designed into calibre. I always run from source, so have blocked the update.

An alternative to relying on the modified date might be to either tag books as "need editing" or use the Reading List plugin. This can group books in different ways including lists that can be sent automatically to a device when is is connected.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by davidfor

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Unfortunately, creating a new column does change the modified date. It's something I don't agree with, but, is designed into calibre. I always run from source, so have blocked the update.

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FWIW: the JobSpy plugin has tools that can Set/Save/Restore Modified Date .

Added: but I don't use it, so I'm not certain it would be of use in this scenario

BR

[jiembe]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I always run from source, so have blocked the update.

Quid? Run from source!